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On Keeping A Secret.
Antigomis the Great was asked by his son , " at what hour the camp would break up ? " " Are yon afraid , " replied the father , " that you will be the only one who will not hear the trumpet . " The king Lysimuchus asked Philippide , " what he wished to have communicated to him ; " ' " what your Majesty pleases , " answered he , " provided they are no secrets . " saidto
According to the accounts of Suetonius , Julius Ca ; sar never , - morrow we shall do this , or to-day we shall do that ; but only this , at this present hour , we shall do so and so ; to-morrow we shall see what is to be done : John Duke of Marlborough in the wars of Queen Anne , perfectly imitated this example—the French could never get intelliof his measures till after the execution . Cecilius Metelius ,
gence being asked by one of his captains , " At what time he would offer battle to the enemy ? " answered , " If I imagined that my shirt knew the least of my thoughts , I would burn it on the instant , and never wear another . " Queen Olympius writing to her son Alexander ,
reproached him , that he had not discretion sufficient in the distribution ot his liberalities ; but , because Ep hestion , his favourite , was present at the reading this letter , and thk-t the secret was of consequence , Alexander , without enjoining him to secresy b y word of mouth , made a modon cf touching his lips with the royal ' seal . —A favourite courtier being nrped by his Prince , to know " what he stood in need of ? " answered , " of thingexcept the know ledof your secret thoughts . " A
every , ge Spaniard was desired by an absent friend , faithfully to keep a secret he had entrusted to him ; lie answered , "I never knew your-secret ; if you have imparted any to me , I have certainly returned it to you , by remembering it no longer "—When our friends are desirous of making us the confidants of their secret thoughts , we ought to receive them , and be faithful to the last . A man desirous of prying into the secrets of
others , is generally vain , and a fool . He will often despise men of eminence and learning , because he beholds them in a situation tar above his : therefore , Sophocles has judiciously remarked , do not be curious , and talk too much—for ears always open to the secrets of others , lu . ve also mouths ready to divulge them .
Generous Sentiments.
GENEROUS SENTIMENTS .
FERDINAND , the father of Alphonsus , drawing near his end , entreated this his eldest son , heir ot his crown , to allow his youngest jonn to' enjoy the kingdom of Castile : " My father , " answered Alphonsus , " the g lory of obeying you , will be always more dear to me , than my rig hts of eldership : should you even judge , that my brother would fill lace better than meI consent you give hirnall your
your p , possessions—I shall obey your orders , as 1 would those from God himhimself . " Peter , Count of Savoy , presenting himself before the Emperor Otho , to be invested in the possession of a certain kingdom he had « ained by his valour , was half covered on the rig ht side with embroidery and jewels , and with shining armour on the left . The Emperor VOL . II . - - * G
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Keeping A Secret.
Antigomis the Great was asked by his son , " at what hour the camp would break up ? " " Are yon afraid , " replied the father , " that you will be the only one who will not hear the trumpet . " The king Lysimuchus asked Philippide , " what he wished to have communicated to him ; " ' " what your Majesty pleases , " answered he , " provided they are no secrets . " saidto
According to the accounts of Suetonius , Julius Ca ; sar never , - morrow we shall do this , or to-day we shall do that ; but only this , at this present hour , we shall do so and so ; to-morrow we shall see what is to be done : John Duke of Marlborough in the wars of Queen Anne , perfectly imitated this example—the French could never get intelliof his measures till after the execution . Cecilius Metelius ,
gence being asked by one of his captains , " At what time he would offer battle to the enemy ? " answered , " If I imagined that my shirt knew the least of my thoughts , I would burn it on the instant , and never wear another . " Queen Olympius writing to her son Alexander ,
reproached him , that he had not discretion sufficient in the distribution ot his liberalities ; but , because Ep hestion , his favourite , was present at the reading this letter , and thk-t the secret was of consequence , Alexander , without enjoining him to secresy b y word of mouth , made a modon cf touching his lips with the royal ' seal . —A favourite courtier being nrped by his Prince , to know " what he stood in need of ? " answered , " of thingexcept the know ledof your secret thoughts . " A
every , ge Spaniard was desired by an absent friend , faithfully to keep a secret he had entrusted to him ; lie answered , "I never knew your-secret ; if you have imparted any to me , I have certainly returned it to you , by remembering it no longer "—When our friends are desirous of making us the confidants of their secret thoughts , we ought to receive them , and be faithful to the last . A man desirous of prying into the secrets of
others , is generally vain , and a fool . He will often despise men of eminence and learning , because he beholds them in a situation tar above his : therefore , Sophocles has judiciously remarked , do not be curious , and talk too much—for ears always open to the secrets of others , lu . ve also mouths ready to divulge them .
Generous Sentiments.
GENEROUS SENTIMENTS .
FERDINAND , the father of Alphonsus , drawing near his end , entreated this his eldest son , heir ot his crown , to allow his youngest jonn to' enjoy the kingdom of Castile : " My father , " answered Alphonsus , " the g lory of obeying you , will be always more dear to me , than my rig hts of eldership : should you even judge , that my brother would fill lace better than meI consent you give hirnall your
your p , possessions—I shall obey your orders , as 1 would those from God himhimself . " Peter , Count of Savoy , presenting himself before the Emperor Otho , to be invested in the possession of a certain kingdom he had « ained by his valour , was half covered on the rig ht side with embroidery and jewels , and with shining armour on the left . The Emperor VOL . II . - - * G